publicité

See also: publicite

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, itself constructed from pūblicus (“public”) +‎ -tās (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.bli.si.te/

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Noun

publicité f (plural publicités)

1. (uncountable) publicity, advertising
   • 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 87:

     Tu veux être allongé sur une pelouse et pleurer en regardant le ciel. La publicité a fait élire Hitler. La publicité est chargée de faire croire aux citoyens que la situation est normale quand elle ne l’est pas.

     It makes you want to lie down in the grass, crying and looking at the sky. Advertising got Hitler elected. The job of advertising is to make the public believe that the situation is normal when it isn't.

2. (countable) commercial, advertisement

Derived terms

• pub

Related terms

• publicitaire

Further reading

• “publicité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Verb

publicité

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of publicitar